27? Wtf
It's always been really funny to me how Gordon Freeman is supposed to be a turbo nerd with a PhD from MIT (and that Gabe Newell was like yeah, that's right). The amount of times that credential is useful to him is zero, because he's basically just Doom Guy or Duke Nukem.
I'm having trouble articulating it, but there's an implication here that I appreciate. Yeah, yeah, MIT PhD, now go push the cart you loser.
tbf Valve is also made up of turbo nerds, so it makes sense their protagonist is also a turbo nerd.
The dude is 50 minimum
The poor radiation safety on site has dried out his skin and made him look older and need glasses.
he's a highly trained professional
I'm ten years older than the guy from full life consequences wtf
He was an intern, thats why they put him in the mega-death-super-killer-laser room
That's why he gets the sweaty job of pushing that one trolley.
'Male' is an adjective, not a pronoun
That's what common core would have you believe
Gordon Freeman kind of doesn't even need to be gendered. He never says anything. Making all the chuds made by remaking the various games but renaming them Jordan Freeman and making it completely ambiguous what gender they are. (If they didn't just assume they're a man)
Half life has always been woke unfortunately, with POC scientists and a female lead who beats up armored tough guys. valve has been woke ever since half life 1. they don't make bangers like quiver anymore smh
He's basically just Doomguy, a stand in for the player themself.
You know what that means. Player is woke 😞
If they have to tell you he's male then they did a poor job writing the character smdh
Watch him be called Gordon FreeWOman in 3.
Gina Cross was originally planned to be Gordon Freeman's spouse as well as another playable character in the original Half-Life, but this idea was cut from the final game.
Overall, that generic "gina" model was retconned in Half-Life: Decay as a standalone character alongside Colette Green and the woman who gave her likeness to the Hazard Course's Holographic Assistant.
originally planned to be Gordon Freeman's spouse
i refuse to accept this i have been shipping Cross & Green since like 2011
They’re just going for a scientific aesthetic. Test subject. Narratively dehumanized so the player can do the humanizing. I don’t see an unconscious or conscious political statement here
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